Robert Redford
"It was depressing" - JC Chandor, director of All is Lost
It鈥檚 all about journeys this week on The Arts Hour. "All is Lost" the Robert Redford film is released in the UK and we talk to director JC Chandor; we profile Ahmed Fouad Negm - Egypt鈥檚 Tahrir protest poet whose life and work reflects his country's political journey. We meet the Nigerian-born rapper Tomi Kuti alias Mista Tolu who grew up in Italy and wants to challenge racism in the country. On the release of The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug - we talk about the mythical journey of Bilbo Baggins 鈥� played by actor Martin Freeman. The former Granta editor and author John Freeman talks about his journey to meet his literary hero John Updike whilst getting divorced and Bruce McCall talks about his illustrated book with US chat-show host David Letterman - "This Land was Made for You and Me but Mostly Me". Finally the singer Guy Garvey from British pop band Elbow discusses the concert encore and how it's changed over the centuries.
Photo: Robert Redford (c) Jemal Countess/Getty Images, Martin Freeman (c) Kevin Winter/Getty Images, David Letterman (c) Mike Coppola/Getty Images
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JC Chandor
The American film director comes in to tell us about his new film, All is Lost
Duration: 09:36
Ahmed Fouad Negm
A tribute to the Egyptian poet who died earlier this month
Duration: 04:59
Lizo Mzimba
The latest showbusiness news
Duration: 04:01
African Italian Rap
Interview with Nigerian born rapper Tom Kuti aka Mista Tolu who grew up in Italy
Duration: 04:22
The Hobbit
Martin Freeman talks about playing Bilbo the Hobbit
Duration: 06:39
John Freeman
The author remembers his journey to meet John Updike
Duration: 04:28
Bruce McCall
The humorist and illustrator discusses his new book co-written with David Letterman
Duration: 08:01
Encore!
Guy Garvey speaks to historians and performers about the concert encore
Duration: 07:20
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Howard Shore
Beyond the Forest
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug soundtrack.
- Watertower Music.
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Alexander Ebert
Excelsior
- All is Lost soundtrack.
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Alexander Ebert
All is lost
- All is Lost soundtrack.
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Richard A. Whiting
Hooray for Hollywood
Performer: Johnnie 鈥楽cat鈥� Davis. Performer: Frances Langford. Performer: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.![]()
Public Enemy
Bedlam
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Elbow
Grounds for Divorce
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Public Enemy
Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned
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Elbow
One Day Like This
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- Sun 22 Dec 2013 22:06GMT成人快手 World Service Online
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